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'I make £120,000 but I can’t recall the last time we went out for dinner’
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GeorgeHowell wrote: »One would hope that the 'old boy network' which used to be a feature of private school alumni is largely a thing of the past.
It genuinely doesn't exist in the parts of investment banking in which I've worked, and I've been in a good selection of banks for a good few years. I'd imagine that it dies out pretty quickly after 1986, when the market was opened up to foreign firms, whose owners placed profit above looking after "their own" type.
It may well still go on in the areas where you are looking after "old money" I suppose, as clients may still prefer dealing with people from their own background, but I do hope that it's rare.0 -
So we should tax people based on their contentedness now?
You've lost me there. Is that what I said ?No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »You've lost me there. Is that what I said ?
You said that they deserved punitive taxation for having a moan, so it's pretty close, at the very least.0 -
You said that they deserved punitive taxation for having a moan, so it's pretty close, at the very least.
Oh I see. There was of course an element of sarcasm in my post (uncharacteristic though that be
). But nobody on £120,000 can, other in the most exceptional circumstances, justifiably plead being in any sense hard up, nor fair game for a significantly higher than average effective income tax rate. No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
mayonnaise wrote: »Of course you are, dear.
You're 25, and your mortgage paid off...
While you're on less than 15K
And..
Must be hard to keep the story consistent with all those user ID's. Silly troll. :rotfl:
Yes I'm 25 and mortgage free and debt free, the mortgage wasn't huge and I paid it off in a few years.
Jealousy is not a nice trait:D
Poor old stalker mayonnaise troll still got mortgage debts?:rotfl::rotfl:0 -
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This coming from the mrree/mrpricklepants sock puppet saddo:rotfl:
Well done hypocrite!!
Unlike you, I only have one account
Me too. I'd hoped his mate Dave Morrison had got rid of him for good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27259589
Obviously not :mad:0 -
Linda_D .... Yeah, OK then ..... you bitter old troll ...... oh, and here comes Angryarse - another one of your socks .....Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!0
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